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.........The problem with a window is if you are in there crying, or arguing with a spouse, or anything else do you really want your gossipy neighbor walking by the door and seeing that?........

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Legitimate point.

Originally Posted by sancho

I fortunately have never had a bishop I wouldn't trust to interview my kids.......

Me either, but, I think I'm past that now. My youngest is in HS and probably doesn't get messed with much. He could take our bishop in 2 seconds flat if necessary. Let me be clear....it would NEVER be necessary.....our bishop, like all others we've had, is awesome. I know that isn't that case for everyone, but it has been for us. Not all our YM/YW leaders have had my trust though.

“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman

"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb

I think a window would be a good idea, and you could handle it just like you handle the parent option, by having the window open or close. If it's appropriate to open it, or if a parent wants it open, by all means open it. I also like allowing parents in the room, but I have to assume this will decrease the number of confessions in those situations.

I think a window would be a good idea, and you could handle it just like you handle the parent option, by having the window open or close. If it's appropriate to open it, or if a parent wants it open, by all means open it. I also like allowing parents in the room, but I have to assume this will decrease the number of confessions in those situations.

I just realized I'm the only one teaching youth Sunday School in my ward with the perv door window

I think a window would be a good idea, and you could handle it just like you handle the parent option, by having the window open or close. If it's appropriate to open it, or if a parent wants it open, by all means open it. I also like allowing parents in the room, but I have to assume this will decrease the number of confessions in those situations.

That's probably the solution that will be implemented in the future. It needs to be there -- but not in every circumstance.

“Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.” -- Harry S. Truman

"You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal." -- Jewish Proverb

Power to the people! I've got a hunger strike going until the church decides to break ties with the scouting program. Oh, wait...

Would you join me in a fast opposing the unwritten white shirt requirement?

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats

“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

I'm not trying to make light. This guy had a legitimate concern. But they changed the policy. He won. Time to move on, man.

Thats what makes me chuckle so much about this. What he ultimately wants is a complete non starter (no more one on one interviews). He also completely ignores the other side (sometimes, a child needs an "independent" to confide in). Hes also hitched his wagon to the Dehlin train which may get him more followers but ultimately blows his credibility completely away.

Would you join me in a fast opposing the unwritten white shirt requirement?

in Priesthood opening exercises we used to all stand and recite in unison the Stake Aaronic Priesthood mission statement (which had 10 bullet points like "we will treat women with respect", ""we will strive to pray each day" and other simple niceties). I recall one Sunday looking around, everyone in their white shirts chanting this theme, shuddering and thinking if this doesn't resemble a Cult, or an episode of the Outer Limits, then I don't know what a Cult is?